The Modern Manager
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| Date | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 3 | #161 |
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Latest episodes
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427: The Meeting Portfolio Every Manager Needs
September 29, 2026 · 7 minPlanning an agenda feels like it takes forever, so too often, we skip it or do it poorly at the last minute. But that’s often because we treat each meeting like we’re starting from scratch. Instead, what if you perfected your weekly team…
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426: How Tiny Habits Rewire Your Identity with BJ Fogg
September 22, 2026 · 32 minMost of what happens in a workday, from how you open a meeting to how you respond to bad news, runs on autopilot. Habits, not decisions, are doing the heavy lifting. Behavior scientist BJ Fogg explains why willpower fails, why "bad habits"…
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425: 4 AI Tools I Use Every Single Day (And the Friction They Remove)
September 15, 2026 · 9 minMost AI tools promise to make you more productive, but few actually remove the friction hiding in your daily grind. This episode breaks down four AI tools used every single day, not for the novelty, but for the real bottlenecks they…
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424: How to Manage Up, Down, and Across with Kristen Harcourt
September 8, 2026 · 35 minMost leaders pour all their energy into managing the people who report to them and forget the other two-thirds of the job: managing up to their boss and across to the peers who can make or break a project. Skip those relationships and you…
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423: How AI Can Help Us Show Meaningful Appreciation (And Be More Human at Work)
September 1, 2026 · 7 minMost of us have an instinctual positive response to great work.“This is amazing, thank you so much.” It feels warm and authentic, but could have been said about anyone or any work. The lack of specificity means those words are cheap and…
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422: Turn Uncomfortable Conversations into Just Conversations with Amy Jacobson
August 25, 2026 · 32 minThat stomach-drop feeling before a hard conversation? It's not weakness. It's your brain doing exactly what it was designed to do. Emotional intelligence expert Amy Jacobson breaks down the neuroscience of avoidance, the exact questions to…
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421: The Difference Between Consensus and Agreement That's Costing You Decisions
August 18, 2026 · 8 minPicture a room stuck for three weeks on one sentence for a new policy. Half the team wants a rule tight enough to enforce, the other half wants it loose enough to survive real life. Nobody's wrong, and nobody's moving. This episode breaks…
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420: The Hidden Force Pulling Your Team Apart (and How to Reverse It) with Matt Poepsel
August 11, 2026 · 30 minYour team isn't falling apart because something went wrong. It's falling apart because that's what teams do by default, drifting toward disconnection unless someone actively counteracts it. Lucky for us, there are four forces that pull…